NASA Reaching Out For Aerocapture Technology Development

Mark Carreau December 13, 2024
Artist's concept of Atmospheric reentry

Advanced aerocapture technologies promise to reduce the complexity and launch masses of propulsion systems for future planetary exploration spacecraft by exploiting the braking capabilities provided by the atmospheres of mission destinations.
 

Credit: NASA
NASA’s Langley Research Center has issued a request for information (RFI) supporting a potential Earth aerocapture technology demonstration mission, one whose outcome could contribute to lower-mass missions to planetary bodies, including the distant ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune. Submissions...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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